Springtime Shrimp Poppers, pretty and easy appetizers. We used the mini peppers because they were so colorful with a mild flavor. The cream cheese spread is only limited to your taste.

Patti and I have set one night a week just for us. It’s our date night. We usually put something special on our  Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker but sometimes we cook inside. We always eat outside on our patio where it is very comfortable with a rainforest theme.  Wood Pellet Patio Heater, little lights, candles, lanterns and surround sound. We enjoy a little wine, or strawberry margaritas using frozen strawberries for ice, good food, music and sometimes a dance or two…

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Springtime Shrimp Poppers
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes at 350* (177c), or until bacon is crisp
Grill: Louisiana Wood Pellet Grill
Pellets: Lumberjack Maple

Ingredients: Springtime Shrimp Poppers

• Sweet mini-peppers
• Rondele Peppercorn-Parmesan cheese spread
• Medium shrimp, cleaned and cooked
• Applewood smoked bacon slices
• Toothpicks

Springtime Shrimp Poppers
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

Directions: Springtime Shrimp Poppers

Cut lengthwise slit down pepper.
Stuff with cheese spread
Push shrimp into center of cream cheese
Wrap with bacon
Secure bacon with toothpick

 

 

Springtime Shrimp Poppers
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

Cooking Directions: Springtime Shrimp Poppers

This is an easy one. Just preheat your Grill Grates to 350* (177c).

Place your poppers onto the hot Grill Grates for about 15 minutes, until bacon is crisp. 

I use a Maverick ProTemp Instant Read Thermometer for checking meat temps.

Note: I get a lot of questions about the kind of pellets you can use with a recipe. Keep in mind that a recipe is just an outline. Some you need to follow closely like when you are making bread, but most you can do anything you can dream, our favorite way to cook. Feel free to mix and match the pellets until you find a combination you really like. Also you are only smoking at temps less than 250 degrees (122c), anything higher is cooking and there will not be much if any smoke so it does not matter what kind of pellet you are using.

Springtime Shrimp Poppers
A Wood Pellet Grill Recipe

Cooking In the Oven:

We have been getting requests for recipe conversions for the Oven. I tell folks all the time that cooking on a Wood Pellet Grill/Smoker is just as easy as cooking in your oven. Just about anyone can do it and do it well. Think about it. You set your control knob to the temp you want, put your meat in and leave it for a set time. It is the same thing, time and temperature is what it is all about. The Grill is just like your oven except it uses wood pellets and has wheels.

I did 15 minutes here at 350 degrees (177c).

 About our Recipes

We do our recipes on our patio where we have a lineup of grills, including Green Mountain, Sawtooth, Louisiana, Royall, Memphis, Traeger pellet grills, Char Griller side box smoker, Saber, Charmglow, Char-Broil, The Big Easy, Pacific Living Outdoor Oven, Lodge Sportsman’s, Brinkman and Weber. I call it our “Wall of Grill”. Our grilling styles are healthy and low fat and will fit pelletheads, gas, natural wood and even charcoal purists. Almost any of our recipes can be done on any kind of good BBQ.

The important thing to keep in mind is TIME & TEMPERATURE. You can do our recipes on any grill, even some of them in the oven or crock pot, but, then you lose all the flavors you get from cooking outdoors. But sometimes it does rain.

Remember that a recipe is simply an outline; it is not written in stone. Don’t be afraid to make changes to suit your taste. Take it and run with it….

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Ken & Patti

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